(First of all, I wish all readers a happy new year in 2022, with abundant wealth and happiness for the whole family. Then, everyone knows that last year, well, last year’s chapters were in the wrong order, and this is the chapter that should have been published yesterday. The apology and compensation plan are in

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"what happened to him?"

"It's my fault that he's hungry." Butler Qiu glanced at Xiang Caigui and said, "He went all the way to Chongqing begging for food. When he found me, I arranged a meal for him, but I was also negligent. He is now hungry.

, simply can’t stand overeating, and once he opens his mouth to eat, he will easily be stuffed to death. Fortunately, I thought of it early and tried my best to stop him from continuing to eat.”

This sentence is true.

Meng Shaoyuan felt like he had a clear mind.

At that time, it was very rare for me to hold myself to death.

But at this time, it is easier to starve to death than to starve to death.

There are only two types of people who are stretched to death:

One is that they are so hungry that they sell everything that can be exchanged for food, eat desperately, and end up starved to death.

There is also a kind of people who have to endure hardship until the barley is about to mature. They pick the green ears of barley and make it into a kind of "twisting" food. They eat it in a big way and drink water after eating, and their stomach will become unbearable.

In the end, he was stretched to death!

The reason for this is that the intestines and stomach have become extremely weak due to long-term hunger.

"Strong to death" is not a joke, but the most real and sad reality.

This is what Xiangcaigui is like.

Begging all the way from Henan to Chongqing, his stomach was always empty. Butler Qiu helped him prepare delicious food. As soon as he saw it, he immediately started eating despite the madness.

Fortunately, Butler Qiu responded, and Xiang Caigui, although he begged all the way, still had something in his stomach, so he would not die immediately.

Even so, Xiang Caigui's stomach couldn't bear it anymore. He had been in pain for two days, and at the worst point he was rolling on the floor.

Butler Qiu hurriedly called a doctor for him and gave him medicine to regulate his stomach and intestines, which relieved him a lot.

"Master, Master Qingtian, help me." Xiang Caigui was still crying there.

"Get up and say, Butler Qiu, help him up."

"yes."

Butler Qiu helped Xiang Caigui and asked him to sit down at the guest seat:

"If you have anything to do, just tell our master, and he will make the decision for you."

"Yes." Xiang Caigui wiped away his tears and said, "Sir, the disaster in Henan is serious. During the spring and summer, most areas of Henan have failed to harvest anything during the summer harvest. The people can't live any longer!"

In 1942, there was a great famine in Henan!

Meng Shaoyuan guessed what was going on as soon as Xiang Caigui came in.

The Great Famine in Henan had already appeared in the spring and summer of 1942, but it was not contained at all. As a result, it intensified and finally turned into a human tragedy.

Bernard Shaw once said, "The lessons of history tell us that human beings will not learn lessons from historical experience!"

The Great Famine in Henan is the best historical experience and lesson!

In 1940, the government moved the capital to Chongqing. In order to ensure that the supply of military food could keep up during the war, each province implemented a "requisition" system, and stipulated that those who falsely reported disaster situations would be severely punished, and those who had merit in collecting food would be commended.

It is precisely because of this system that local officials have serious concerns about reporting disasters.

In the spring of 1942, the disaster in Henan had already occurred. Many counties reported the disaster and asked for help. However, Li Peiji, the provincial chairman at the time, did not dare to truthfully report the disaster to the chairman of the committee, and watched the disaster in Henan become increasingly serious.

After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Henan, as the main battlefield between China and Japan, was ravaged by the war and its agriculture was seriously damaged.

In 1942, the Japanese invaders frequently bombed the central and western areas of Henan Province. At that time, the one-million-strong National Army Corps stationed in Henan Province adopted the principle of "using local materials" to supply military rations, horses, grass, and even troops.

In order to reduce transportation consumption.

This undoubtedly makes the people of Henan Province, who have suffered from natural disasters, even worse.

Before the Great Famine broke out in 1942, Henan had been squeezed for five consecutive years. During this period, the number of military conscription and grain requisitions ranked first in the country.

Even in good times, after paying large amounts of grain and taxes continuously, farmers have almost no grain reserves left.

In 1942, Henan's wheat harvest was only 10% to 20%, and the autumn grain harvest was at an all-time high. Faced with such difficulties, Henan still ranked first among all provinces in the amount of grain collected and requisitioned at that time!

In 1942, during the emergency situation of the Anti-Japanese War and disaster relief, Tang Enbo took the opportunity to make a fortune from the national crisis. Faced with a large number of victims, he did not open a warehouse to provide relief. Instead, he "closed the warehouse to store grain", causing the price of food to skyrocket. He also recruited young men and built official offices in the hardest-hit areas.

They even drove a large number of victims to build new embankments on the Yellow River, causing countless people to die of exhaustion and starvation.

"Water, drought, and locust soup are the four plagues in Henan." In the popular folk song in Henan at that time, "soup" refers to Tang Enbo.

Under these oppressions, the tragic situation of super famine in Henan was gradually created.

As the disaster became more serious, some domestic newspapers also carried relevant reports. One of the reports in Ta Kung Pao made the Chairman particularly angry.

In an editorial, editor-in-chief Wang Yunsheng exposed the cruelty of the Nationalist government in requisitioning grain from the victims of the disaster in Henan, and also condemned the extravagance of Chongqing's upper class society. His writing was sharp and the evidence was conclusive.

After seeing this, the chairman angrily ordered the Ta Kung Pao to be suspended for three days.

But at this time, the chairman still did not believe the disaster in Henan.

"Sir, the common people can't hold on any longer, and some people have already begun to flee from famine." Xiang Caigui began to cry again: "However, the local officials do not allow us to flee from famine, saying that everyone has left. What will happen to this year's grain requisition?

They sent people to block the exits of the village, demanding that the summer and autumn grain harvests and taxes must be completed on time, but where was there a grain of grain in the ground?

The people in the village really had nothing to do, and my fourth uncle suddenly remembered that Mr. Qiu was a housekeeper in a high-ranking official's house in Chongqing. Maybe he could do something about it. Seeing my cleverness, he sneaked out of the village and came to Chongqing under my cover."

Meng Shaoyuan's face was as dark as water: "How deep has the famine reached?"

"There was no food. Every household was out of food. I went out and the whole village gathered together a piece of pancake and two handfuls of millet for me."

Xiang Caigui's voice was full of despair: "Now, everyone is digging wild vegetables and peeling bark to eat, but if we don't find a way and the government doesn't provide disaster relief, we will soon be finished with the bark of wild vegetables.

The old people in the village said that they had not seen such a famine for many years. Those who were in office only needed to recruit troops and collect food. No one cared about us whether we had food to eat or whether we starved to death.

I have never been out of the village, and I don’t know where Chongqing is. I asked along the way. I couldn’t hold on a few times along the way, but I told myself that I couldn’t fall. The whole village was waiting for me.

Woolen cloth."

Meng Shaoyuan remained silent.

After a long time, he finally said: "What is the use of asking me about this matter?"

Yes, what's the use of looking for me?

I am a special agent, not an official in charge of the local area.

I don't have this right.

"master."

Butler Qiu knelt down with a pop: "I couldn't help you in the past. It doesn't matter if you beat me or scold me. I accept driving me away, but I beg you, please save them. I beg you."

"

As he said this, Butler Qiu kowtowed "dong dong dong" continuously.

"Get up, get up." Meng Shaoyuan murmured: "What can I do? Really, I really have no way!"

(Well, Spider is one of those people who messes around as soon as he saves a manuscript. I don’t know why yesterday’s chapter was uploaded incorrectly. Now it has been corrected. This chapter should have been posted yesterday. It was posted yesterday 2061

Chapter, should be the last chapter posted today. Spider is wrong.

I originally wanted to make up for it today, but what the heck, the manuscript has been sent out. Well, let’s be honest, I’ll write it down, and it won’t be before the 15th of this month, and Spider will definitely break out 5 more chapters as compensation.

Another year has passed. Spider is very grateful to all the readers for accompanying him all the way this year. Thank you. Spider is a very grateful person. Once again, I wish you all the best in the new year. Everyone
Chapter completed!